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Chapter 284 [Cosmic Rift] Arrives

Zorn originally only planned to seize seven or eight independent astral sectors and then stop.

After all, he didn't have enough time and energy to build so many crystal wall nests.

However, the gods of the borderlands retreated and voluntarily relinquished their positions.

Zorn had no choice but to seize it.

Fortunately, apart from those five important areas, the other areas only require the construction of crystal wall worm bridges.

Moreover, these places are all excellent independent astral zones suitable for the Calamity Ring Tree to take root and develop.

Placing a portion of the power of the Tree of Laws in these areas would be perfectly fine.

Even if someone wanted to sever the Crystal Wall Bridge and cut off this independent astral sector in order to annihilate the power of Zorn's Ring Tree, Zorn was not worried.

With the Insect King Curse, he could secretly construct a Starry Sky Insect Path.

This is sufficient to guarantee the safety of these independent star sectors.

As time goes by.

Zorn began to conquer one independent astral sector after another.

The Tree of Laws also began to bloom in one material plane after another.

As the Tree of Laws took root in numerous material planes, countless evil spirit worlds began to emerge.

As Zorn grew stronger, he also began to meticulously refine and explore his own path as an "Ancient God".

The conditions for ascending to the status of an ancient god are well known to many high-ranking gods.

However, the difficulty involved can be glimpsed from the sheer number of ancient gods.

First, reaching level 30 (the peak level) is the most basic requirement.

Secondly, it has a sufficiently powerful Law Tree to support it.

Whether you cultivate it yourself or use a ready-made Tree of Law, it's fine.

While Zorn's current Tree of Calamity is powerful enough, it may still be difficult for him to advance to the level of an Ancient God.

Fortunately, Zorn had already integrated the Cosmic Magic Network and the Tree of Calamity's Rings into one.

Moreover, the scope of the Tree of Disaster Court Law has now expanded to a very large extent.

There is absolutely no problem in accommodating the ascension of two or three more ancient gods.

Thirdly, it possesses sufficiently powerful [Ancient Sacred Marks].

The more ancient holy marks one has, the stronger the driving force for advancement will naturally be.

Fourth, it possesses a certain amount of [cosmic source matter].

This is a necessary resource to break through the upper limit of the level barrier.

Whether it's advancing to an ancient god or upgrading the level of an ancient god, a sufficient amount of [Cosmic Essence] is required.

Fifth, seek breakthrough opportunities within the mythological wave of the astral universe.

All five conditions are indispensable.

Even though many top-tier high-ranking gods meet the requirements.

Even those ancient holy marks and high-ranking gods have fully met the conditions.

However, very few people are able to get promoted.

Even Zorn, his current conditions in all aspects are already quite good.

However, Zorn didn't dare to say that he could advance 100% within this millennium; he could only say that he was slightly more confident.

…………

Stardust Plateau, the front line of the battlefield.

On the boundless land.

With a stardust aura, why is the hand of an ancient god, hundreds of meters in size, fighting against a skeletal giant with a body over a thousand meters long, all golden, wielding a bone battle axe?

"Boom boom..."

With each strike of the battle axe-wielding skeleton, space itself is cleaved apart.

But the ancient god's hand, radiating starlight, was able to steadily block the attack from the battle axe skeleton.

In the midst of the battle, the battle-axe skeleton was forced to retreat continuously.

Meanwhile, on both sides of the battle, the legions of lower-level gods, led by a mid-level god, were observing the fight.

The attacks of this top-tier god, with every gesture, possess terrifying power capable of destroying a mid-tier god.

Therefore, these lower-ranking and middle-ranking gods could only observe from afar.

During the observation, the lower-ranking gods and the middle-ranking gods were secretly discussing it.

"Which high-ranking god has intervened this time?"

"You don't know this? This is none other than Lord Zorn, the most famous man in our divine kingdom in recent centuries!"

"Is that the evil god Lord Zorn?"

The person who asked the question was greatly alarmed.

"That's right, it's Lord Zorn, the High God who has already reached the peak of the High God realm and has annihilated 9 Holy Stars."

"Hiss... Even the high-ranking and powerful Lord Zorn will be fighting on the front lines?"

"You don't know this!"

A lower-ranking divine warrior chuckled.

"Currently, many high-ranking gods are on the front lines, seeking opportunities to fight and confront the powerful high-ranking gods of the two great kingdoms."

"Just as we are about to carve immortal war marks in the tide of war, those high-ranking gods also need to carve their own marks in the mythological tide sweeping across the entire Stardust Plateau."

"That is precisely why there have been so many duels between the higher gods over the past few decades."

"I see. That explains why our offensive efforts have decreased significantly in recent decades, while battles between the high-ranking gods have been taking place across the battlefield. It turns out... these high-ranking gods also want to gain something from the war!"

"Of course, otherwise why would the High God launch a war that brings no benefit?"

"Look, the duel between the high gods is about to be decided."

In the center of the battlefield.

With a series of violent strikes from the ancient god's hand, explosions reverberated, and the resulting ripples easily caused the earth to ripple across a radius of hundreds of kilometers, causing mountains and rivers to collapse effortlessly.

"Kakaka..."

The golden battle axe of the skeleton, which withstood the hand of the ancient god, was covered with cracks and made a clattering sound.

After another brief battle,

The battle axe slashed down fiercely.

There was a loud noise of "Boom!"

The golden giant axe shattered into hundreds of pieces and exploded in all directions.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the ancient god's hand swiftly struck down.

The thousand-meter-tall golden skeleton, having lost its most crucial weapon, was immediately weakened and could barely continue for a moment.

"Humph!"

A cold snort suddenly came from the depths of the starry sky.

The divine power was quickly withdrawn, and the thousand-meter-tall golden skeleton had lost its ability to resist.

The ancient god's hand struck, instantly obliterating the golden skull.

Immediately afterwards, the ancient god's hand waved in the high sky.

Then, like a shooting star, it fell towards the divine fortress in the distance.

Near the fortress of the gods' war.

A loud "BOOM!" was heard.

A massive energy barrier was clearly blocking the attack of the Ancient God's Hand.

The ancient god's hand retreated slightly, and a dense network appeared around it, with the power of the superior gods pouring into it once more.

The hand of the ancient god expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Immediately afterwards, the hand of the ancient god slammed down.

"Bang bang bang..."

After a dozen or so hits.

The divine barrier, which was over ten meters thick and possessed the characteristics of a world barrier, also cracked.

Then, after several more attacks.

The incredibly thick divine power barrier shattered instantly. With the barrier broken, the war fortress behind it, capable of housing tens of thousands of gods, was completely exposed.

"Use all long-range attack methods to attack the fortress."

The mid-level god commander, who was well-prepared, immediately issued the attack order.

At the same time, Zorn's Hand of the Ancient God struck the walls of the divine fortress and exploded in the next attack.

Only then did Zorn, looking down at the earth from high above, slowly withdraw his hand.

"Hahaha... His Highness Zorn's ancient god spells are truly incredibly powerful."

"The opponent's summoner was a terrifying existence at the level of 8 Saint Stars, but His Highness Zorn killed the ancient creature summoned by the top-level Ancient God Spell, the Divine Skull, which was the one he was most proud of, simply by using the Hand of the Ancient God."

"That old guy saw that things were going badly and left quickly, otherwise the ancient god's hand could definitely have injured his body."

With Zorn's victory in this battle.

Several high-ranking gods surrounded Zorn and showered him with praise.

Zorn ignored the praise from these high-ranking gods, silently observing the situation on the battlefield.

As the war on Stardust Plateau intensifies.

The top-tier high-level gods from both sides also began to intervene in the battlefield.

In the initial stage, it was just ordinary high-ranking gods who participated.

Starting over a hundred years ago, deities of the Zhong Sheng Star level gradually began to participate in the front-line battlefield.

And now.

Even powerful beings like Zorn, who are at the Saint Star level, have begun to intervene in the battlefield and engage in combat.

On the one hand, it is because at this stage, it is necessary to constantly put pressure on the two great nations of Eternal Curtain and Star Remains.

With the two ancient gods injured, the Eternal Curtain Star Remains is at its weakest, and now is the time to strike while it's down.

On the other hand, it is also because participating in the war to destroy the two ancient divine kingdoms at this stage would be a significant chapter in the history of the ancient holy relics.

Therefore, the top-tier gods who rarely made a move in the past...

At this point, they all made their moves one after another.

Even Zorn was the same.

While building his own astral territory, Zorn has also been continuously involved in this war over the years.

Although Zorn already has quite a few ancient stigmata.

But Zorn also needs to find an opportunity to catalyze his promotion.

Moreover, the stronger the catalyst for promotion, the greater the probability of promotion.

As the middle-level and high-level gods stormed into the divine fortress.

The gods of the two great kingdoms did not seem to offer much resistance, and there was a sense that their army was about to collapse.

Seeing this, Zorn's eyebrows twitched slightly.

After hundreds of years of divine wars.

The previous ritual of sacrificing to the ancient gods suppressed the situation, while the current ritual, combined with the ancient starry insect path, provides double suppression.

This resulted in a severe loss of the number of gods and the territory of the two divine kingdoms.

In particular, the previous ancient war of gods not only ambushed the ancient gods of the two great god kingdoms of Eternal Curtain and Star Desolation, damaging their magic ring trees, but also annihilated a considerable number of high-ranking gods.

That battle severely weakened both great divine kingdoms.

"These two great divine kingdoms have been suppressed so severely by me, they may not be able to withstand it."

"The more critical the moment, the more likely they are to fight to the death."

"The power of the Burning Ring Tree launches a desperate counterattack against the God Kingdom of Calamity."

"Fortunately, I have prepared many powerful backup plans. Although I can strike at their root when they counterattack, the ancient gods' counterattack will inevitably result in heavy losses."

"It is necessary to contact the three ancient gods and make a record of this matter."

While observing the battlefield dynamics, Zorn's pupils suddenly contracted sharply.

Then, with an indifferent gaze, he swept over the several high-level gods around him and spoke.

"My lords, the enemy has been defeated on this battlefield, and that summoner has also left."

"The battle situation here is settled, so I'll be leaving now!"

Although the high-ranking gods did not quite understand why Zorn wanted to leave so soon, they still spoke to bid him farewell.

……

Returning from the front lines via the cosmic magic network.

Zorn did not return to the Starry Sky Temple of the Disaster Court.

Instead, it is an independent astral region where crystal-walled insect nests have already been established.

Arrived in the Void Star Realm.

Zorn first checked the Crystal Wall Insect Bridge, the Starry Sky Ancient Insect Path, and the Tree of Calamity's cover, suppression, and concealment of the entire world, and found no problems.

He then flew towards the star region above.

It is located near the center of the matter plane group.

Strange purple and black cracks slowly spread out in the void like a spider web.

And a strange hissing sound emanated from deep within the crack.

The range of this strange fissure is not large, in fact, it is very small, only a dozen meters.

But it seems to be alive, constantly expanding over time, and at a considerable pace.

In just a short while, its area has expanded from a dozen meters to a radius of more than thirty meters.

Zorn simply watched as the bizarre, purplish-black fissure expanded before him.

After a long while, he finally composed himself and let out a soft breath.

"The cosmic rift has arrived, and great chaos is imminent."

"Hopefully, not all of those random locations will be located within the Stardust Plateau, otherwise... that would be a huge problem."

Next, Zorn explored the five independent astral sectors he controlled.

After confirming that cosmic rifts had appeared in all five independent astral regions.

He began to immerse himself in the cosmic web, exploring the locations of the remaining seven cosmic rifts.

Although these cosmic fissures grow larger over time and become easier to detect.

But the earlier you discover it and prepare accordingly, the more you will naturally reap the rewards.

Half a day later.

Upon returning to the Starry Sky Temple of the Disaster Court, a trace of worry settled between Zorn's brows.

In just half a day, Zorn had identified four of the seven locations of the cosmic rift.

Normally, these are seven freely appearing cosmic rifts.

The ideal situation is to have 2 on Stardust Plateau and 5 outside of it.

Ideally, three would be on Stardust Plateau and four would be outside of it.

But now there are 4 on Stardust Plateau and 3 outside of Stardust Plateau.

This has created a rather tricky situation.

You should know that once those ancient gods learned that the cosmic rift would spew out "cosmic gems".

They will definitely march into the Stardust Plateau; they don't care about the Calamity Court or the Divine Kingdom.

Whether it's the Emerald Kingdom, the Hidden Wasteland, or the Old Temple that has little dealings with the Disaster Court, they don't mind repeatedly ravaging the Disaster Court as a battlefield.

The only good news right now is...

The locations of the four cosmic rifts that appear in the Stardust Plateau universe.

There is only one that is close to the center of Stardust Plateau, and also relatively close to the Tree of Disaster Rings.

The other three are all relatively close to the edge.

As for the other three cosmic rifts outside the Stardust Plateau, Zorn certainly cannot find them with his current abilities.

It can only be detected by the ancient detectives when it becomes large enough.

After preparing his explanation, Zorn immediately used the Cosmic Magic Network to contact the three ancient gods.

"Three ancient gods, something terrible has happened!"

(End of this chapter)